Senior Event Planner

Leonardo Hotels; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known hotel chain in Manchester seeks a Meetings & Events Executive to support hotel operations. Responsibilities include producing customer proposals, fostering client relationships, and ensuring high-quality service. The ideal candidate will thrive in a busy environment and possess a genuine passion for hospitality. This role offers attractive perks like special hotel rates and ongoing training opportunities.

Benefits

Special rates on hotel rooms

Company-wide recognition scheme

Meals at work

Talent referral scheme

Regular celebrations and events

Access to Company Pension Scheme and Wellbeing Support

Ongoing job-related training programmes

Qualifications

• Strong client relationships to increase enquiries and business opportunities.
• Ability to gather feedback from clients.
• Produce contracts and issue invoices.

Responsibilities

• Produce proposals for all M&E enquiries in line with customer requests.
• Work closely with operational teams to ensure detail accuracy.
• Support a cluster of hotels with M&E customer enquiries.

Skills

Dynamic personality

Proposals production

Client relationship development

Detail capture

Customer service passion

Job description

Be Yourself – Be a Bold Team Player – Be Leonardo

As a Meetings & Events (M&E) Executive you’ll be making all the difference to the business, so we want you to bring your dynamic personality to work with you every day. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! As part of vibrant team you’ll be supporting a cluster of hotels to ensure that all M&E customer enquiries are dealt with efficiently.

Overview

As a Meetings & Events (M&E) Executive you’ll be making all the difference to the business, so we want you to bring your dynamic personality to work with you every day. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! As part of a vibrant team you’ll be supporting a cluster of hotels to ensure that all M&E customer enquiries are dealt with efficiently.

Perks

• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Meals at work
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression

Ideal M&E Executive

• Be yourself!
• Produce proposals for all M&E enquiries in line with customer requests
• Develop strong client relationships to increase enquiries and business opportunities
• Work closely with operational teams across your cluster of hotels to ensure we capture every detail
• Gather feedback from clients – we love repeat business!
• Produce contracts and issue invoices to customers
• Have a genuine passion for hospitality and delivering first-class customer service

Why join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community. We have support on tap, so expect top-notch L&D programmes, practical training and clear progression within our vibrant and dynamic team.

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to come join us!